Theater Arts Director, Madeline Willard

Madeline Willard is a two-time graduate from Winthrop University, earning her Bachelor of Arts in theatre performance and her Master of Arts in teaching. She is in her second year at Falls Church High School, and this is her sixth year teaching overall. Over the last few years, she has had the tremendous pleasure of working with elementary, middle and high school students throughout Charleston, SC, Atlanta, GA, and the greater DMV area as both a public school teacher and teaching artist. Madeline has directed and produced several shows including Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Between the Lines, Tuck Everlasting, Circus Olympus (Regional One Act Competition 1st place), The Con, and Puffs. Additionally, through her work as a teaching artist with Educational Theatre Company (ETC), she directed and co-devised with her students several 30-60 minute musicals and plays at elementary schools in Virginia and Maryland. In addition to her work with ETC, she is also an active teaching artist with The Theatre Lab, Imagination Stage, and Keegan Theatre. When not pursuing all things theatre, Madeline loves going to the zoo every chance she gets, attending concerts and music festivals with her siblings, and running half marathons.